Brief biography of Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov - GG. He was a talented teacher of Russian and world literature, translated Eugene Onegin into English. Before moving to America, he was known under the pseudonym Sirin. The material was prepared in conjunction with the teacher of the highest category Kuchmina Nadezhda Vladimirovna. The experience of the teacher of the Russian language and literature is 27 years old.

The Nabokovs belonged to the wealthy Starodvoryansky family. The father of the future writer was a lawyer, a member of the State Duma from the Cadet party, and subsequently worked in the Provisional Government. The mother of Vladimir came from the rich family of gold miners. All four children of Nabokovs - the eldest Vladimir, Sergey, Olga and Elena, received excellent home education and spoke freely in three Russian, English and French languages.

The writer himself has repeatedly said that he was originally trained in English literacy, and only then his own. The beginning of the creative path, the literary biography of Nabokov is unique in his own way. He had to prove his talent twice: the first time in exile, conquering his “place in the sun” of new Russian prose, and the second in America, trying to capture his name in the history of English -speaking literature.

In the year, his native uncle Nabokov on his mother’s line died. Young Vladimir, still in the walls of the Tenishevsky school, unexpectedly became a rich heir. At his disposal, the Rozhdestino estate and a large amount of money passed. In the same year, he published his first book, which consists entirely of the poems of his own composition. As it turned out later, this was the first and only publication of the works of the Russian writer and the poet in Russia.

In exile, immediately after the October Revolution, the family decided to immediately move to the Crimea. In Yalta, Nabokov’s poems were first on the pages of the periodical press. However, in the spring of the year, the Nabokovs hastily leave the peninsula and go to distant Germany. Then Nabokov entered the University of Cambridge in England. During his studies at the university, he continued to write poetry and began to translate Lewis Carroll's book “Alice in Wonderland”.

In the year, a terrible tragedy occurred in the Nabokov family: during the open lecture, Milyukov killed Father Nabokov. Vladimir hastily left the college and moved to Berlin. Now he has become the only breadwinner of a large family. He took up any work: more than once he compiled chess parties for newspapers, gave private English lessons, was published in the periodicals of Berlin.

In the year, he finished his first novel Mashenka. The first, but not the last. They were published under the pseudonym “Vladimir Sirin” and enjoyed unprecedented success. America in Germany in the year National Socialists, led by Adolf Hitler, came to power. An anti -Semitic company immediately unfolded, as a result of which Vera Slonim - Nabokov’s wife was kicked out of work. The family was forced to leave Berlin and escape to America.

But in the new place, the “fugitives” were waiting for new problems: the conquest of America and the reputation of a serious writer. From that moment on, he “left the Russian syllable” and switched exclusively into English. Exceptions were the autobiographical work “Other Bereg” and translated from English into Russian scandalous novel “Lolita”. The latter just brought the author world glory and the cherished material well -being.

In the year, the famous writer moved to Switzerland. There he lived and worked until the end of his days. Other biography options.